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March 20, 2019: Olympiades académiques de Chimie organized by the FdS (Relive the event in photos)

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Triolet Campus - SC 10.01
Place Eugène Bataillon - 34095 Montpellier

  

The Chemistry Olympics have been organized since 1984 by the Union des Industries Chimiques (UIC), now France Chimie, the French Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research, the Société Chimique de France and the Union des Professeurs de Physique et de Chimie. Each year, more than 2,000 candidates compete in the various académies on the theme of "Chemistry in the City".

The aim of this national competition is to arouse students' interest in chemistry and raise awareness of the contribution made by this discipline to the development of science and technology. It also promotes encounters between the educational and professional worlds of chemistry, reminding us that chemistry is a living science practiced in research laboratories.

The science competition for Terminale S and STL students 

Students come from 5 local high schools: Lycée Marc Bloch in Sérignan, Lycée Auguste Loubatières in Agde, Lycée Jean Mermoz in Montpellier, Lycée Jean Vilar in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon and Lycée François Arago in Perpignan.

  • => In the morning, the twelve finalists will compete individually in 2 practical tests: a laboratory notebook to fill in and experiments to carry out under real conditions.
  • => The afternoon willbe devoted to collaborative work (4 teams of 3 students) based on a study of documents with a questionnaire, followed by a presentation of the summary of this work to a jury.

At the same time, students not selected for the orals will be able to take part in workshops in groups of 10 (SEM - scanning electron microscopy - observations, NMR - nuclear magnetic resonance - visit, magic chemistry experiments and laboratory visits - IEM & ENSCM).
The winner of the academy will compete in the national final in Paris onApril 3-4, 2019.

 

Program:Free admission (Salle de cours 10.01)

2:00 p.m. -Conferences

Laetitia Couix,R&D Manager - LCB cosmetics--" A chemist's career in industry".

Jean-Pierre Lere-Porte -Professor Emeritus-Facultyof Science-"The career of a university chemist".

4:00 p.m. -Awards ceremony

5:00 p.m. -Closing